A Curtain Of Darkness Poem by shakil ahmed

A Curtain of Darkness

Your sudden advent at my home
Wearing smiles at your pink face,
That was glittering like minarets of joy
In a lovely autumn day,
Was a matter to remember.

You were chatting
Laughing and yelling
Like a king fisher
In a distant lake
Your jokes and words
Were wet
Like harlot’s vulva.

Your heart-felt efforts to remove
The curtain of darkness
From my visage
Was a matter of satisfaction

But everything seemed a mockery
Over my sad plight
Your every effort proved
Owe fully vain
Clouds didn’t remove
After frequent rain.

Shakil Ahmed.